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1. What is the largest natural division of land in the world? 2. What and where is the most elevated range of mountains? 3. Which is the highest mountain in the world?

4. What volcano has the greatest eruptive force?

5. What and where is the loftiest active volcano?

6. Which is the largest body of fresh water on the globe?
7. What and where is the greatest inland sea?
8. Which and where is the largest river?

9. Which is the most remarkable whirlpool?

10. Where are the most wonderful natural echoes? 11. Where is the highest tide found?

12. What desert stands first in area?

13. Where is the most remarkable natural bridge?
14. What country is first in precious stones?
15. What is the largest diamond in the world?
16. Where is gold found in the largest quantities?
17. Where are the silver mines, of greatest extent?
18. Where are found the largest deposits of copper?

19. Where is iron most abundant? 20. Where are the largest lead mines? 21. Where are the most extensive salt mines?

22. Which country is richest in petroleum? 23. Which is the largest island in the world? 24. What is the most stupendous waterfall?

25. Where is the highest waterfall?

26. Where are the most wonderful geysers?

27. What, and where, is the most extraordinary natural basalt pier?

28. What country has the largest standing army?

29. What country has the largest navy?

30. Where is the largest telescope?

31. Where is the longest line of railroad?

32. Where is the greatest length of marine cable?

33. Where is the most famous lighthouse in the world?

34. Where is the most famous lighthouse in the United States?

35. Where is the largest city park in the United States?

36. What city park has the most extended area?

37. Where is the largest suspension bridge in the world?

38. What and where is the most extensive fortress?

39. What is the strongest fortress? 40. Which city covers the most ground?

41. Which is the most northern city? 42. Which is the most lofty city? 43. Where is the oldest city? 44. Where is the hottest city?

45. Which is the most wicked city?

46. Where is the largest theatre in the world?

47. Name and give the dimensions of the largest ship in the world.

48. What and where is the longest tunnel?

49. What government possesses the greatest territorial area?

50. What and where is the highest monolith?

51. Where is the largest bell?

52. Where is the largest and most comprehensive library?

53. Which and where is the most extensive wall?

54. What and where is the largest cathedral?

55. Where is the largest university?

56. Where and which is the greatest pyramid?

57. Where is the longest ship canal in the world?
58. Which is the longest canal in the United States?
59. What country has the greatest extent of railroad?
60. What country pays its ruler the largest salary?

61. Which are the five healthiest cities in the United States?

62. What is the population of the world?

63. What is the most wonderful feat of telegraphy on record?

64. Where is the most curious tower?

65. What cave surpasses the Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, in number and

variety of stalagmites and stalactites?

66. In what part of the world are the largest trees found?

67. What and where is the longest tubular bridge?

68. Which is said to be the largest clock ever made?

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1. Asia.

2. The Himalayas in Asia. The mean elevation is estimated at from 16,000 to 18,000 feet.

3. Mount Everest, or Guarisanker, of the Himalayas-29,002 feet above the sea level.

4. Popocatepetl, 36 miles southwest of Puebla, Mexico. Its crater is three miles in circumference, 1,000 feet deep, and 17,720 feet above the sea level.

5. Mt. Hecla, Iceland, rises 5,110 feet above the sea. Vesuvius is 3,948 feet above the sea level.

6. Lake Superior; 400 miles long, 160 wide; area 32,000 square miles.

7. Caspian Sea, between Europe and Asia; 760 miles long, 270 miles wide; area 180,000 sq. miles.

8. Amazon, in South America; length 4,000 miles; velocity three miles an hour, navigable for large ships 2,200 miles; area drained 2,000,000 miles, mouth 150 miles wide. Mississippi is 3,160 miles long.

9. The Maelstrom, off the coast of Norway; under strong gales it runs twenty-seven miles an hour.

10. At Eagle's Nest, Killarney, Ireland; also on the shores of the Nahe between Bingen and Coblentz, which repeats a sound 17 times.

11. In the Bay of Fundy, on the coast of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick; rises 70 feet.

12. Sahara, in Africa; from east to west 3,000 miles, north and south 900 miles, area 2,000,000 sq. miles. Rain falls every five, ten or twenty years, the winter temperature at Tunis is below freezing point.

13. The Jasrel Hajar, in province Lebanon, Syria; flat limestone rock, between ten and fifteen feet thick, perfectly arched on the under side,